Registered Nurse -Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Position Summary

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is a nationally recognized pediatric hospital located on the downtown Orlando campus. The hospital offers 156 licensed beds for specialized pediatric care and operates the Bert Martin’s Champions for Children Emergency Department & Trauma Center, a pediatric site of the Orlando Health ORMC Level One Trauma Center.

The Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) is a 20 bed inpatient Cardiovascular Critical Care Unit that provides family-centered, comprehensive intensive care medicine to the adult and pediatric cardiac patient populations. Services are provided 24 hours a day and 7 days a week by Physicians, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, and Nursing Assistants. The PCICU staff provides optimal care to patients with congenital heart defects and heart disease with varying levels of acuity.

• Competitive Pay: Evening, night, and weekend shift differentials offered for qualifying positions.
• Free Continued Education Opportunities
• Nurse Certification Opportunity
• Benefits Start Day 1 of hire
• Room for growth
• Just Culture
• Student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, backup elder and childcare, pet insurance, etc.

Shift: Nights

• Education/Training: Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
• Licensure/Certification: Current RN license in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC); current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification; ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC required for certain areas.
• Experience: At least 2 years as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting.

• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgment to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.
• Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action.
• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.
• Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
• Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.
• Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses; evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
• Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.
• Functions as a patient and family advocate.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit/department.
• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/or nurse clinician.
• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit/department.
• Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age specific needs.
• Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.
• Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards, including patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.
• Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as…